FORT LAUDERDALE — Police are hoping surveillance video will lead them to a man who they say took lewd photographs of young girls undressing in a store's fitting rooms.

"I believe the video will help people capture the suspect's demeanor and encourage them not to hesitate to call in with the suspect's identity," Detective Travis Mandell of Fort Lauderdale police said Tuesday.

After a woman saw a man snapping pictures of her daughter on Dec. 14, officers were called to the Bealls outlet store at 919 State Road 84, according to a report Mandell released on Monday.

The mother had alerted store personnel, and security guards chased the man out of the building. He got away before police arrived.

The man was described as about 6 feet tall and 220 pounds, in his 40s, with blue eyes.

"If he is willing to do this, who knows what he is capable of doing," Mandell said on Monday. "The blatancy of his actions is what causes concern."

Police ask anyone with information on the man's identity to call Detective Cahir at 954-828-5964 or Broward Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at 954-493-TIPS (8477).